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Cheryl Makin
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More than 100 veterans and family members turned out to a town meeting Sunday at the VFW Hall Post 2290 to discuss the lasting legacy of Agent Orange. Called "The Faces of Agent Orange: A Town Hall Meeting to Raise Awareness," the event's goal was to better educate veterans about the toxic defoliant and its impact of illness and health problems.

It is not just the generation that served that has been affected, but their children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren, said John LeGates, the first vice president of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) New Jersey State Council (NJSC).